too bad about st. louis — facial/nasal fractures. i know he burns us
and didn’t want him to do that again but i like him as a player
(and hoping that he inspires some of our smaller in stature players
in the system)

just read write up from daily news
and it said he was circling behind the net and a backhand from Dominic Moore
hit him.
huh?
didn’t think a backhand could do that much damage unless it
just him just right.
(thought it would have been a slapshot)

with that gotta give loads more respect to all those getting in front of shots.
OUCH!

How is Vinny not in the box? Because he did the right thing, not crazy about. The Artie move but god almighty let’s make this sport more corporate Hun? What will shanny do and how about a TB jersey coming up?

Jim, totally agree, don’t condone the celebration, but the refs got this really wrong, you can’t penalize a team for scoring a goal and getting jumped. In that case, leave the fighting unleashed and get it back to the 70’s…

Well, Artie getting a 2 min for the celebration is totally ok, because that was stupid. But how can you agree with one guy coming from the bench and throwing punches to make that right? If we want hockey to be a sport where people only fight each other, i guess it’s all right. But how many times have we seen that from Ovechkin and it’s alright?

Get a grip, give a penalty to RT (a 10 min misconduct), fine, but how you get a PP from a guy scoring a goal against you and the whole team jumps him afterwards? Thats just bush-league… but what do I know, I like hockey, not fighting…..

ANd yes, if AA goes back on the ice, things could get stupid, especially if Downie’s on the ice (and Tortorella should put Avery opposite him, if that’s the case).

If the score is tight, retribution will probably be muted.

Don’t get me wrong – the (over) reaction by the Bolts was just that, but let’s not dismiss the fact that if the situation was reversed there’d be all kinds of virtiol on here about the act. The Bolts are slumping and the coach called them out during practice yesterday about a lack of passion.

He just did something stupid. Dunno what’s more prominent – the stupidity of the act or how out of character it was for him….

RangerSwede: The refs totally missed the Downie thing. They were too busy focusing on all the crap going down. The NHL, however, will review and suspend. Probably, though, for 1 game because it’s the gutless NHL after all.

70.6 Game Misconduct Penalty – A game misconduct penalty shall be imposed on the player who was the first or second player to leave the players’ or penalty bench during an altercation or for the purpose of starting an altercation, from either or both teams.

Well, Artie should be surprised since he’s seen several players doing the same (Crosby, Ovechkin for naming some) doing the same without getting penalized or jumped…. no surprise the rules are different for players… guess the NHLPA agree with the NHL on that… Hopefully Artie will be suspended for 10 games for it and Downie gets a $2500 fine.

I don’t know – I seem to remember seeing a whole lot of outlandish goal-scoring celebrations in the past, especially after goals were scored on the NYR. seems to me like this was very blown out of proportion…

Oh, of course those MSG idiots show the Crosby/Kuntz collision, speculating on the former’s suspected concussion, missing altogether the earlier collision with Kreijci that probably is the real reason for all the noise.

OMG, Shitiletti can’t even call what’s right in front of him. First Mitchell’s failed attempt is because Giron ‘got the stick out’, then ‘the pad out’. Meanwhile, the puck bounced and Mitchell never got a shot off.

Let’s all go blame Hank now…for a perfect backhander that was deflected and he had no shot on and for a perfect shot in the shootout. Instead you actually need to look back and see what Anisimov did was nothing more than stupidity and THE turning point of the game. And im not hating on Anisimov, im actually one of his biggest fans and supporters considering Ive met him and his family. We got 1 point….

1 for 6 on the PP, 0 for 2 in the 3rd when a PP would have put the game away.

You wanna be a top 4 team you score on one of those. This team, as much as I love they way they compete more often than not, is NOT a top 4 team.

I maintain they so need another top 6 forward winger and Cally’s miffed 2 on 1 breakaway in the 3rd (when it was 2 – 1) also would have put the game away is for me, another example of that lineup hole.

I think he knew exactly what he was doing. He scored…skated for a few seconds and then did the taunt. I dont know WHY he did it, maybe out of frustration…but there was just no need for it. And I know that if I was on the ice, Id knock his face in, well as much as I could before the officials broke it up. Just put yourself in Tampa’s shoes (skates).

i agree, i thought Tortorella coached one of the worst games i’ve seen from him.

You can’t play the same 8 forwards and 4 d-men for the last half of the game. It doesn’t work like that. They get tired and dont have the same jump they did earlier in the game. I understand the penalties hurt but still no excuse for the Rangers to all of a sudden stop playing.

so, after gabbys crappy game and after he barely was able to hold the puck fo mor than a second without losing it, coupled with his 3 for 200 record in the shootout, he gets to go instead of cally? artie? step? even dz i would want in there before gabby. he has no moves at all. all he can do is shoot. and what does he do? tries a pathetic bakhand that looked like my aunt with severe rheumatoid athritis was taking that shot. hate these games were we give up late goals and lose. they shouldve beat the crap outt the lightning without st louis.. u really have to wonder why they were content to kill the clock on their 3 late pp’s instead of getting the 3rd goal. and as soon as tampa ties it, allof a sudden the rangers are dominating trying to get that goal back. trade everyone!!!!!!